greg6510

Hi Guys

I live in South Africa, this is my first posting here. I drive a Accord CU2 (Acura TSX). I have a set of 19" rims, with 235/35/r19 tyres. I need to drop the suspension. Any suggestions and advice will be much appreciated. I was looking at Eibach.

Thanks.
Greg

HeavyDuty

Ship me your grill and I'll tell you which springs to buy.

There's several sets out there now, H&R, TEIN and Eibach that I know of.

I have Eibach's sitting in my garage, I've run them for like, over 20 years. Always happy with them.

greg6510

I am looking at the H&R's, saw pics of another members TSX with H&Rs, looks schweet.. I am also a sound junkie.

:-)

LuvMyTSX

You have no trunk left!

greg6510

The glove compartment is all I need.

ptk681

They have KFC in South Africa? LOL

HeavyDuty

Good lord, with all the stereo stuff, you might want to install the fronts only. How does it look with a full tank with all that shtuff in the trunk?

We did a spring break nationals car for one of the stereo shops one time and there was so much crap in the car & trunk that the fronts were all we could really do. Otherwise, it looked like a tuna boat.

Luchin

Here is what the CU2 looks like lowered on Tein HTech springs.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-photograph-gallery-144/tsx-lowered-tein-htech-740121/

BOOSTED09TSX

Are thoes 12's or 15's? They look huge.

greg6510

Yup, KFC is big back here... And so is Ferarri.

These are 15's. I dont do 12's...

EUROBRO

hey sorry buddy, what offset are you're wheels? i'm from australia and im pretty sure our cars look almost exactly the same (same grille anyways) XD

greg6510

Sorry dude, I dont know.

I have already placed an order for the H&R Springs, so looking forward to that. :-)

EUROBRO

nice, i might be looking at some lexani wheels lx-10 lol in 20

greg6510

Guys, just need some advice please. I really dont have technical knowledge, so dont laugh.

When I purchased the 19z, I was given 20 "nuts and bolts". I was told to use these ones (they each had a thin black rubber around them). 5 per rim.

However, when I took it for fitment, I was told that these ones wont work. So the guys just used the orignal bolts that came with the car. They tightened it manually, and it all seems fine.

Is this fine?

HeavyDuty

Nuts? Or nuts & bolts?

Maybe, maybe not. If you look at the bottom of the lug nuts that came on your car, they should kinda look like a ball or hemispherically shaped, rounded where they meet the wheel. They're usually called a 'ball seat'.

The lug nuts that go on some aftermarket wheels are a tapered seat. The sides aren't rounded, but flat yet angled & taper down.

You need to get the correct nuts for the car.

HeavyDuty

Edit: Really slammed at work.

You need the correct nuts for the 'wheel'. Call the manufacturer, not a tire jockey & ask if they require ball seat, tapered, or what.

If you put a ball seat nut on a tapered wheel or vice versa, the lugs will wear the seat on the wheel.

It'll work, kinda, but it's not correct.